Jerry McGrath

Professional Experience
Associate Professor of Photography, Chair of Photography, School of Fine Arts : Irvine Valley College, Irvine, California. Teaching; Introductory, Intermediate, Digital Photography, Art Photography, Digital, Color and Advanced Color Photography, and various Special Topics courses. Curator of photography exhibitions. Fall 1992-present.
Assistant Professor of Photography : El Camino College, Torrance, California. Teaching; Elementary Photography, Advanced Photography (including alternative processes, studio and large format camera technique, portfolio development), Color , Advanced Color and Photojournalism courses. Program Chair, spring 1992. 1991-1992
Lecturer in Art: Visual Arts Department, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, California. Teaching; Photographic Illustration, Advanced Photographic Illustration, and Two Dimensional Design. Fall 1979-Fall 1991
Lecturer/Tour Leader, Western and Southern Europe, 1985, Britain and Ireland, 1986, England, France and Italy, 1990.

Education
Humboldt State University, Arcata, California. Post-graduate coursework in: Still Video Imaging, andStudio Concepts, 1992.
Master of Fine Arts, Visual Arts, Photography emphasis, California State University at Fullerton. Graduated with highest honors, 1990.
Master of Arts, Art, Photography emphasis, California State University at Fullerton. Graduated with highest honors.
Bachelor of Arts, Art, Design, Photography emphasis. California State University, Fullerton. Graduated with high honors. Cabrillo College, Aptos, California, coursework in the music major.

Selected Exhibitions
* Denotes one person or collaborative exhibition
1996 University of California at Riverside/ California Museum of Photography, Riverside, California, "In Our Sights: Artists Look at Guns." March
Cabrillo College Art Gallery, Aptos California "American Portraits/fragments: Jerry McGrath."* February - March
1995 Pennsylvania State University, Hub and Kern Art Galleries, University Park, Pennsylvania,
"This Is Our Yard, HIV/AIDS Portrait Project," Ann Shields, coordinator, October -December
Irvine Valley College, Art Gallery, "ART 95," Irvine California, March- April 1994
University of Oregon, Emu Gallery, Erb Memorial Union, Eugene Oregon, November- December
Fullerton College Art Gallery, Fullerton, California, "Jerry McGrath, Perspective. " August-
September.*
Irvine Valley College, Irvine California, Faculty Exhibition, March
California State University at Fullerton, University Library exhibition center, "This Is Our Yard,"
February-March*
1993 Orange Coast College Fine Arts Gallery, Costa Mesa, California, "Artists' Reflections on
AIDS." November-December. Cover Story/Interview: The Orange County Register
William Grant Still Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California, "TRANSCEND AIDS," sponsored by
the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department and the Los Angeles AIDS Coordinator,
October-November
Mad River Gallery, Mad River Hospital, Arcata, California, "57 A Day, Americans Who Die From AIDS," April*
Art Gallery, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, "This Is Our Yard," February-May*
Theater of The Other, Irvine, California, "Art For Life's Sake, 'The First Exhibition,'" April-June. Review: Los Angeles Times, articles California Living Magazine, Orange Coast Magazine, , Beach Cities Monthly, Orange County Metropoloitan, Subterranean Magazine
Center Arts, Humboldt State University, Nelson Hall, Arcata, California, "Intimacies," March Gallery Irene, Laguna Beach, California, "Exhibition 55190," April-May
Gallery Hall, Irvine Valley College, Irvine, California, "Faculty Exhibition," March- April
Cypress College, Cypress, California, Print Auction & Benefit, March Ken Edwards Center, Santa
Monica, California, "This Is Our Yard," December- 1992 January*
Orange Coast College Art Gallery, Costa Mesa, California, "Artists' Reflections on AIDS,"
November-December
California State University Chancellors Complex, Long Beach, California, "Created at CSU,"
November-December
University of California, Irvine, "This Is Our Yard," September-November*
California State University at Fullerton, East Gallery, "Concept/Image: 20 X 24 Polaroid
Photographs," September- October.
Humboldt Cultural Center, Eureka, California, "Created at CSU Summer Arts," exhibition from
the permanent special collection. August-September.
Hyatt Regency Alicante, Garden Grove, CA, "HIV/AIDS on the front line," participating exhibitor, "57 a Day," and selections from the "Yard" series. March
Loyola Marymount College, Los Angeles, CA, "This Is Our Yard" project. February*. Articles: Los Angeles Times, West Side & Southbay editions.
Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA, "Sign Art #3," Public Installation, Fairview Road. December- January.*Article/Interview: Los Angeles Times.
1991 Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA, "This Is Our Yard," ongoing AIDS awareness photographic project. November- December * Article/Interview: Los Angeles Times Curator: Dr. Irini Vallera Rickerson.
Ipso Facto Gallery, Fullerton, CA., "Artists Against Aids," group exhibition and benefit. October-November.
University of California at Irvine, University Center, Irvine California, "Yard " series, in conjunction with the AIDS Names Project, University Center. April-September.*
Los Angeles Pierce College, Art Gallery, Woodland Hills, California, "This Is Our Yard." April.* University of California at Irvine, "Sign Art #2, " Public Installation, Pereria & Bridge Road. April-May.*
Hyatt Regency Alicante, Garden Grove, California, "HIV/AIDS on the front line," participating exhibitor. March.
Cypress College, Cypress, California, "Sign Art #1, 'Americans Who Have Died From AIDS," interactive, public installation. February.*
Cypress College, Cypress, California, Photography Gallery, "This Is Our Yard," project. February-March.*
The Art Store Gallery, Fullerton, California. "This Is Our Yard". December-January.*

* Denotes one person or collaborative exhibition

Selected Publications/Interviews/Awards & Grants "Day Without Art commemorates loss," interview/cover story, Laura Bleiberg. Show section The Orange County Register, Wednesday, December 1, 1993. "Visual Aids, 'The First Exhibition,'" review, Art For Lifes Sake exhibition, Los Angeles Times, OC Live, May 6, 1993,articles: California Living Magazine, Orange Coast Magazine, , Beach Cities Monthly, Orange County Metropoloitan, Subterranean Magazine, Laguna Beach News, The Orange County Register, Art Forum Newsletter. "57 a day," television document & interview, KVIQ (CBS), July 16, 1992, aired July 17 & 18, Eurkea, California. "The Arts," interview on radio station KUCI. Wednesday, March 11, 1992, with commentator, Nora Levec. "Being Creative is What He Does Best," article/interview, M. Vallejo, Warwhoop, March 5, 1992. "Best Bet," Calendar section, article/interview, Jack Doherty, Los Angeles Times, West Side, Friday, February 7, 1992. "Photos Depict Many Touched by AIDS," article and interview, Los Angeles Times, Monday December 4, 1991. "Living With AIDS," Orange Coast, magazine article with color reproductions, July, 1991. Project Grant, for the Yard exhibition at University of California at Irvine, The Design Alliance to Combat AIDS (D.A.C.A.), May,1991 Associated Students of Cypress College Grant, for Sign Art #1, Americans Who Have Died From AIDS since 1981, March 1991. "Artist Hopes to clear fallacies, AIDS display on campus," The Chronicle, Cypress, CA, article, March 13, 1991. "'Jerry McGrath,' Jerry Holdermans People," The Orange County Register, interview, February 4, 1991. The Elephant-Ear, No. 8, photographic excerpts and lengthened text from the Yard project, 1991. Faculty Research and Development Grant, Irvine Valley College, 1990. Associated Students of Irvine Valley College, Grant, 1990. "Photographic Evidence of AIDS," Tustin Weekly, November 2, 1990. "Exhibitors Hope 'This Is Our Yard Hits Home,' "Los Angeles Times, October 23, 1990. "This Is Our Yard' Brings AIDS Home, " Irvine World News, October 25, 1990. Television: Orange County News (O.C.N.), October 19, 1990, coverage of "Yard" Project. Radio, K.F.W.B., interview on the "This Is Our Yard" project, October 13, 1990. "Photographs tell stories of county AIDS patients," Irvine World News, October 11, 1990. "Photo Exhibit Highlights Personal Side of AIDS," The Orange County Register, October 11, 1990. "photography: from fact to symbol," a national exhibition of contemporary photography, 1990. "'The Real Thing' comes alive at Brea Cultural Center Gallery," Daily Star-Progress, June 1, 1990. "Art Exhibits Offers 'Real Thing,'" Brea Highlander, May 10,1990. The California Art Review, second edition, reproductions and biographical overview, Winter, 1989. "Orange County Invitational," review: Los Angeles Times, 1988 "Tossing together OC artists," review: The Orange County Register, exhibition review, November 25, 1988. "Photography-Inside Out, New Photography," review: Los Angeles Times, 1988. Poster reproduction of "Untitled Everyman." "Photographer Sets His Tableaux With Diffuse, Metaphorical Themes," review: Los Angeles Times, September 1, 1988. "Artists Liaison," national exhibition catalog . Jurors Choice, 1988. "Reflections '87," Brea Civic and Cultural Art Center. Brea, California, Cash Award. August 1987. "Fifty Years of Modern Color Photography, 1936-1986," artworks published, with text and biography (pg.193) Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany. 1986. "The Valley, 'Jerry McGrath,1986,'" review: Los Angeles Times, March 21, 1986. Recipient of an Ilford Corporation Cash Grant, from the exhibition B.Cibachrome. May, 1985. The Elephant-Ear, No. 3, light drawing reproduction, page 68. 1985. "Jerry McGrath Photographs," review, The Los Angeles Times, March 15, 1985. The Elephant-Ear, No. 2, drawings reproduced in literary annual, page 51. 1984. "Orange County Color," review Artweek, July 28, 1984, reproduction of "Homogeneous Construct in Grey," pages 15 & 16. "A Closer Look at the Galleries," publication of graduate research paper in The Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies Journal, Vol. 5, No.22 February, 1979. Representation Jan Kesner Fine Arts Los Angeles, California (1986-1990) The Orlando Gallery (1984-87) Sherman Oaks, California Selected Collections Humboldt State University, CSU Summer Arts, Arcata, California The Coca Cola Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Folio '83 Mr. Thomas Garver, Minneapolis, Minnesota Ms. P. Viera, Los Angeles, California Mr. & Mrs. Charles Downing, Laguna Hills, California Mrs. Helen Clark, London, Ontario, Canada Mr. & Mrs. C. Mears, Irvine, California Mr. R. McDermot, El Toro, California Mr. & Mrs. J. Mannes, Richmond, Michigan Special Collections, C.S.U. Fullerton, Library Mr. R. Steen, Pasadena, California Mrs. Kay Burris, Capistrano Beach, California. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Morrison, Fontana, California